Oil-burner.



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OIL BURNER'. APPLIoATIoN FILED un. 27,1900.

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R. W. GANE.

OIL BURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

950,04 1 Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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RT W. GNE, OF CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA.

cin-BURNER.

Specication of Letters Fatent. Patented Felh 22, glo Application filed September 27, 1909. Serial No. 519,692.

To all wlwm t may concern: y

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. C ANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Pawnee, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

` clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y y

This invention relates to improvements in hydro-carbon burners and more particularlyl7 to that y type employed in connection wit :heating stoves and ranges.

One objectV of the invention is the provision of a device which may be readily applied to most a'ny form of range or heat-ing stove now in use.

Another object is 4.the provision of a. device provided with an oil cup and a receptacle for the oil cup .so constructed that when the latter is heated to a certain degree the oil dropping into the cup will be vaporized and mixed with the air in the receptacle or chamber whereby a mixture of hydro-carbon vapor and air willA he burned.

lith these and other objects in View, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the res ent invention consists in certain nove details of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out -in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes, in the form,l roportion, size, and minor details of the evice may be made Without departing'from the spirit or sacriicingA any of the advantages of the invention. i

In the accompanying drawings forming l part of the specification :-Figure l is a longitudinal section taken through an ordinary range andshowing my improved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail plan View of the device. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 5%*3 of Fig 2, F ig. 4 is a. vertical sectional viewy taken on the line 4-4 of Fig; Q. Fig. 5 is use in connection with such a range and in Flg. l 1s shown with its pan 9 extending l transversely of and located in the bottom ot' the tire box. Said pan is trough-shaped and has side walls 10, its inner end wall ll bearing against the inner brick 6C. At the outer end ot' the pan is a transversely disposed plate ll which entends laterally beyond opposite sides of the pan and also extends somewhat above and below the pan, the lower edge of the said plate being shown in Fig. l, as bearing on the grate bars 6d ofthe range and the said plate being shown asbearing against the inner side of the front brick 6b. Atthe inner end lof the said pan are supporting feet l1h which also bear upon the grate bar.

lVhat will subsequently be termed a combustion chamber is designated by the numeral l2, and is a hollow cylindrical structure of convenient length and diameter and closed at its upper and lower ends by the plates 13 and 14. The upper of these plates 1st-is provided with a plurality of air inlet openings l5, and on an opening 16 is formed. A similar opening i7 is formed in the intermediate portion of the front end plate l1 of the pan and surrounding this opening and formed integral vwith the end ll and combustion chamber 12 or Otherwise secured thereto is a tubular connection 18, which serves to unite the combustion chamber with the pan and constitutes a neck which extends through openings in the door Ga and the frontbrick G". The combustion chamber rests upon the hearth (Se of the range.

Located within the combustion chamber l2 is what will subsequently be termed an oil cup 19. rlfhis member is preferably of metal and on its outer surface is provided with a plurality of corrugations 20. The oil cup is provided on its lower end with a plurality of feet 2l, so that the said lower end is spaced from the iioor of the combustion chamber, in order that the air in the latter may freely circulate around all sides of the cup.

The usual supply tank or reservoir holding the hydrocarbon substance is designated lthe upper edges of the bricks 6", 6c.

By reference now to Fig. 3, it will bev seen that the oil cup is interiorly provided withv a quantity of asbestos 24 or an analovous sub-l stance which serves the purpose of a wick. And it is evident with this construction when oil is permitted to flow from the reservoir and into the combustion chamber itwill fall onto the material within the cup. After the material has been completely saturated it may be ignited in the ordinary manner. It will be observed that as the oil Within the cup burns the latter will become heated and the draft through the combustionchamber and flue 7 of the stove will be increased since it will be remembered that -the front of the re box of the stove is sealed so that the draw through the flue 7 will be through the throat or passage 18, and the draft or air inlet openings 15 in the head 14 of the combustion chamber. As the heat of the oil cup increases it is evident that the temperature of the combustion chamber will be raised so that as the oil continues to drop into the latter it will be quickly vaporized and mixing with the air in the combustion chamber burn as a gas: It will be observed that the corrugations 20 on the cup 19 increase the superficial area of the cup and that should oil over-How from the cup at any time the over-flow oil will drop from corrugation to corrugation and be evenly spread on the surfaces thereof so as to insure the combustion of such oil.

My improved oil burner has its pan also secured in the tire box by means of straps 26. The said straps have their upper ends out-turned to form hooks 27 which engage The lower ends of two of these straps are connected near the end portions of the plate 1lEL by means of screws 25, which operate in slots 25a with which said straps are provided. Another of the straps has its lower end secured to the inner end of the pan by corresponding screws 25 which operate in a similar slot 25a, the said screws and slots permitting` said vertical adjustment of the said straps as may be required to insure the engagement of the hooks with the upper edges of the bricks. f i

From the foregoing it can be seen that I have provided a device which is exceedingly simple .in structure, comparatively inexpensi-vel to manufacture, embodying few parts and these so arranged that the danger of derang'ement will be reduced to a minimum.

What I claim as new isz- 1. An -oil burner of theclass described comprising a combustion chamber, an oil cup therein, a an extending horizontally from the lower side of said combustion chamber, a'v tubular neck connecting said pan and said combustion chamber, a plate 'extending from opposite sides of the pan at the point 'where the latter joins the said neck, and

supporting strapsk connected to said plate and to the inner end of said pan and having means at their upperends for engagement with vthe upper edges of bricks in the fire v box of a range.

2. In an oil` burner for ranges and the like the combination ofy a pan arranged within thejire-box, a cylinder located exteriorly of the fire-box, a tubularconnection between the pan and cylinder, and an oil cup having a corrugated outer surface and located within the cylinder.

3. In an oilburner for ranges and the like the combination of a. pan to be arranged within the {ire-box, a cylinder located exteriorly of the tire-box, a tubular connection between the` pan and cylinder, and an oil cu located within the cylinder and provi ed with supporting legs for holding its lower end in spacedrelation with the lower end of the cylinder. f

In testimony whereof, IV aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' ROBERT` w. CANE.

Witnesses:

ALX. IV. LEE,

W. W. SMITH. 

